Fuel Discounts - The Flying J Question
I generally dont like to fuel at Flying J for many reasons most of them having to do with the fact that the lines are terrible, but I also find the staffs generally completely ill-informed about the F...
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beemerphile1 wrote:PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
...One important thing about Flying J and Pilot - you must learn the difference between company stores and franchisee/dealers.....
How is that easily done? Is there a trick?
Ask an employee what name is on their check?
Pilot/FJ publishes a yearly printed guide to their stations. In that guide stations are shown as 'dealer' or 'franchise'.
Another source to use is the P/FJ smart phone app - which is a bit clearer as to dealer vs company stores.
There is another way to check - look at the printed guide and the app - and see if the P/FJ store honors the RV discount card in the store.
Franchisee's don't in most cases.
Most franchisee's do honor the fuel discount card at the diesel truck pumps. They should be buying the diesel fuel from Pilot.
They don't honor the discount card at the front pumps because the fuel for those is often supplied by a different distributor.
An example is the Flying J on I-35 in Jarrell Texas north of Austin. The info page on the P/FJ web site and the smart phone app says "RV Rewards Only in Truck Lanes". This location installed 'RV Lanes' a couple years ago, and promoted that in highway billboards. I went in when their gasoline was 5 cents per gallon higher than the nearest truck stop. Only to be told that they don't honor the RV Rewards card discount.
Have not darkened their door since.
Part of my towing day drive planning is to look at probable fuel stops along the route. Check GasBuddy, check the P/FJ app, etc. I know about how far my fuel tank (or rather my bladder) can go, and where would be a good place to stop.
Sometimes it is as simple as I need to stop around this 'town' on the route. Sometimes it is I must stop at this town and take what ever gasoline is available at what ever price they charge. Had to do that more than once in western Texas, Utah, Nevada.
Another point - KNOW the State Fuel Tax Rates.
Sometimes waiting to cross a state line, or buying before a state line can save a lot of money.
i.e. - South Carolina charges 16.75 cents per gallon state fuel tax on gasoline and diesel. North Carolina charges 34.25 cents per gallon on both. Not buying in SC means you have to pay 17.5 cents per gallon more for fuel.
Georgia is 31.17 cents per gallon on gasoline, and 34.82 on diesel.
